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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29
4 Powder House Explosion.

WAYNE, y. j., June 2s-Laillin Il
Rands' powder mill exploded a 9o'clock.
The drying mill, in which men were put
ting powder to dry, blew up from some
unknown cause. In the drying mill
were Charles Tier aged forty-fyc lie
leaves a wife and several children John
Caves, unmarried, instantly killed. Au-
gust Karouse, married about nine months
ago, was near the mill and has not been
seen since. He is undoubtedly killed.
James H. Gardner, foreman, struck on
the head with a missile will recover Sey-
eral men were slightly injured The ex-
plosion shook the ground for great dis
tance, breaking windows. The damage
to property is 10000
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4 CnncIn.iNe Argnment.

Yesterday morning "a young man was
before His Honor Justice Richardson
charged with driy ng a wagon, full OF
people carelessly in front of street-car
The policeman made his statement that
,he driver had appeared very careless
in driving in front of the car and
endangered his passengers The driver
stated that he did not intend to drive
dangerously \ moments silence fol
lowed. when no one coul tell what
would be the verdict, when a happy
thought struck the accused "Why, JUS
tice, he said, II had my wife in that
wagon and wouldn't have hurt her for
all the strect-cars in town general
smile went round. and he was discharged
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THE OLD ACTOR DYING.
\ Former Richmond Favorite Reported
in ExtremiS.


Such are the words telegraphed from
New York yesterday They referred TO
Mr. Edward Lamb, the well known
comedian
"Ned" Lamb, as he was called, was ior
one or more seasons the low comedian
at the old Marshall Theatre in this city
in the halcyon days between 1850 and
1861 He was a splendid actor, and "a
general favorite. He was very much
ike Joseph Jefferson in appearance, and
The performance of The pair in the Two
Dromios was one of the great events of
That palmy period
His son Ed Lemb, Jr., viii be we'll re-
mcmbered as the great Charlie Brood i'm
The Mighty Dollar Florence may often
try but he will rarely find such "a Charlie
or such a Libbie Dear as pretty Josephine
Baker. now Mrs John Drew Mr. Lamb
ST., is siXty-fye years of age He is dy-
ing of cancer on the stomach He has
a wife. three sons who are actors, and
TWO daughters Many who knew him
as "a fellow of infinite jest and most
excellent fancy will regret To hear that
grim Death is about to claim him as its
own
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THI. COURTS.
3 long Docket in the Police Court, hut
Few Cases Elsewhere.
POLICE l0fET

The following cases were disposed OF
yesterday
Laimita Brothers, proprietors of "a bar
hcr shop. corner of seventeenth and
Broad streets. were fined 81 for laboring
200 their trade ON tine Sabbath
oNV Graham "a small boy, was charged
with as-auiting Emma Hill with rock.
DISCHARGED with an adm0nitiOn.
John Collins, drunk and disorderly on
tle street, Fined 50 and cost
Martha Nichols )colorcdl a dis0rderly
character Was committed for thirty days
n default of security for her good be-
M,ior.
George Smith and Mary f. Ross (both
e0I0rcdI. di,orderly ON the public streets
ALSO charged with fighting i'm the house Of
Julia cwis Smith was fined - and
cost Mary Ross was discharged.
William spindle lcoloredl, fighting in
tIc street. Fined s. and cost
Charles g. Smith lcOlOredl, drunk and
tr.-pa--ing upon the Second police sta
zion Fined - and cost
IHc continued case of White & Jen-
tn-. Keepers of harroom ON Eighth
Street between Main and Cary streets,
charged with selling liquor ON last sun
day. was finally disposed of This morning.
Jhc evidence fully sustained the charge,
and they were required 90 pay fine Of
S2i and cost
Lizzie Harvey lcolorcd drunk and
di.0rlcrN in the street kossuth Ellis
colorrdl was charged with assaulting
and beating Lizzie Harvey. Lizzie lIar-
...... ..... final ..l AN arI cost Ellie was
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29

Judge Wexford yesterday granted a
charter 10 the Ex elsior Electric Light
and Power Company with a capital stock
Of not less than ten or more than one
hundred thousand dollars.
The company will exercise the priyi
lege granted by the Council to Messrs. A
Pizzini, Jr., j. " Hates and their asso-
ciates to furnish electric light and power
erect poles, &c.
The officers for the first year are Pres
ident. John s. Barry, ce-President, A
Pizlini, Jr; Secretary and Treasurer, w,
;. Dashicll The directors are the Off
GERS and Messrs. John = Wise and Jo
seph " kates
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THE CITY RAILWAY.
The Dummy to Take Rest Progress
Towards the Reservoir.

The Dummy to Take a Rest Progress
Towards the Reservoir.
The City Railway Company ON next
Thursday win suspend travel over the
western extension from Reservoir street
to the terminus for the purpose of allow
ing their dummy to bee oyerhaulcd. J q
packing. journals. and other parts need at
tention The dummy will not run during
the forenoon or morning. but will be on
again about pm, and continue 10 make
regular schedule the balance OF the day.
A large forced of hands are now at work
laying track and completing ihe road bed
from Mulberry street 90 tle Park, and
i'm ten days 10 is expected that the COM
pany will put passengers down at the
Lake A large number of benches have
been ordered for the Park and will soon
Dec ready and in place
In few days the track will be So ar
ranged at Reservoir street that there will
be no transfer at that point The street
cars will be run through 10 Lombardy
street and there the dummy will bc at
tached.
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A COLLISION.
The nugsic. of Two city omcial- Injured

The Buggies of Two city omciais Injured
Yesterday morning Mr. W {. Adams
superintendent of the Gas Works, tied
his horse and buggy to the rack on Cap
tol street in front OF the City Hall while
he attended to business in the Gas lnspec-
tors office The horse, being worried by
flies, broke away and dashed of down
the street. At the corner OF Eleventh
and Capitol streets he struck against
Assistant City Engineer Bates buggy
breaking a wheel The runaway team
continued on down the street, and just
before reaching Governor street the bug
gy was overturned and the horse with
the shafts dashed wildly down Governor
street, and was finally stopped on Frank
lin street
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OVER THE WIRES.
THE ACCIDENTS AND KyCfD ENTs or
THE DAY BY TELEGRAPH.
Rowan County's scourge The Burned
Wisconsin Town-A Foolish Boys Sui
cide-A Powder House Explosion Mrs.
Potter's Reappearance- sc.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June est is re-
ported from Catlettsburg that the Tolli-
yer faction of Rowan county are reor-
ganizing and the people in that section
are expecting another outbreak al More
head. Two cousins of Craig Tolliver
passed through Catlettsburg yesterday.
They said they were from Lawrence
county, and were going to Morehead,
but wouldnol say what they purposed TO
do there. II is supposed by some that
these two men were Calvin Tolliyer and
Andrew lOlliyer. who were with Craig
Tolliver when Sheriff Hogg's posse at
tackled them. but made their escape.
A citizens meeting, il is reported, will
be held at Morehead Wednesday, and the
Tolliver gang, who are recovering from
the shock of Craig's death, will try TO
get control Of IT, Town Marshal Jim
Mannin of Morehead, and his brother
"Bud" Mannin, were among those who
escaped, and are marshslling Tolliyers
friends in Elliott county, their strong
hold Allie Young, county attorney,
Il. T. Young, Jr.. and John Rogers,
arrested at Mount Sterling on charge of
completely in the murder of the Logans,
have been released by Judge Cooper on
ha6eds corpus proceedings under heavy
bail They are expected with friends
from Montgomery and Menifee counties.
TO meet the Mannin's at Morehead
Wednesday. II this programme is carried
ont there will be more blO0dshed
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neath of AN r.lImabIe Young Wan.

Mr.. George W. Yanccy died yesterday
at12.3O o'clock at his residence No 500
West Grace street Tie deceased had
been for years engaged in various rail
road offices the city, and also en-
gagged at West Point and Norfolk lie
had been in I'D health for some time lie
was son of Mr. George W Yancey "a
well-k known resident of Richmond, i'm
other days Ills brother the late stephen
ID. Yancey as one OF the best known and
most popular young men that ever lived
in Richmond
Mr.. George W. lancy, Jr, was most
estimable young man. He was esteemed
and respected by his employers, his fellow
clerks and by all who enjoyed the pleas
ure Of his acquaintance.
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Excursion To Norfolk via Richmond and
Petersburg n. X.

Round trip tickets will be sold over
the Richmond and Petersburg r. r., on
July ,, B. and 4, good to return until
July 3, inclusive, Richmond to Norfolk,
Va, and return Price, $3.50. A fine
chance for citizens to avail themselves OF
the seashOre
The hotel at Ocean View is now fully
equipped for the summer season. Good
fishing, bathing, &c.
Two trains daily Sunday excepted
each way
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29

4 regular meeting Of the Council Com
mittee on Fire Department will be held
tonight AT this meeting the charges
preferred against Assistant Chief +. +
Snead by Chief A. l.. Fuqua will be in
vestigated
Both parties will be represented by
counsel, and an interesting session may
be eXnected
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29

Steam fire engine No. ], of the Rich
mond Fire Department, which was built
bv Ncssr, Ettenger a Edmond Of this
city. was recently sent to the Clapp X
Jones Company of New York TO be tho
roughly oyerhaued and repaired. The
engine has been returned with new
pump, new iues, &c
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29
An injunction ON Richmond and Danvn

New YORK, June 2S-DebOrah, Albert
f. and Nathaniel ID. Powers obtained an
injunction from Judge Lawrence to day
restraining the Richmond and Danyille
Railroad Company and the Central Trust
Company from paying a dividend Of 3
per cent. on lis stock, ordered by direc.
tors Of the company on June 9, payable
on and after July at the Central Trust
COmpanys office, or from paying any
money 10 any person or stockholder from
the assets or income Of the company on
account of the dividend.
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THE WOES OF WITHERs.
How Happy Could BE with Either,
Were Tother Dear Charmer Away"

Were lOther Dear 'hhfhtf Away.
The exclamation of the melancholy
Dane, LET the CALLED jade vince, ouI
Withers are anWrung' was not favor.
ite quotation with that family yesterday
and the day before John G. Withers is
the name of a man now In Jail charged
with multiplied matrmony The evil
doings of this gay Lothario have now
forcibly come home to him, for no sooner
was he comfortably lodged in Jail than
both of the ladies claiming to- be hi.
wives called on him, and doubtless made
things lively, but their conversation has
not been made public All that can be
told Is that two indignant-looking ladies,
at different times, left the jail, and that
as the solemn stiffness of the night sunk
owe that place of punishment there was
heard i'm one cell, i'm subdued and melan-
choly cadence, the words of that beauti-
ml song. This is a time for disappear
ing &c.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29
AT THREE SCORE YEARS.
Deserved Testimonial to a well-Known
Newspaper Man.

Deserved Ic~timonlai 10 Nell-hnown n
Newspaper Man.
Last night jus; as the silver bell tinkled
for midnight Mr. George Canning Wilde,
of the news department Of the SUITE news
paper. received deserved testimonial OF
esteem from a number Of newspaper
friends. To-day Mr. Wilde enters his
sixty-tirst year, he being sixty years old.
The testimonial consisted of beauti-
ml Templar's Jewel suitably engraved
and gotten mp by Goddard IL Moses.
There were no special formalties; the
Jewel was presented, and remarks were
made by the recipient and several other
weil-known newspaper orators. The
occasion was "a very happy one and all
of Mr Wilde's many friends will Join in
congratulations 10 him ON having ar
rived at the age of three score years.
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Weather Indications.

WAsHISGToS, May 2s.-lndications for
the next twenty-four hours, commencing
at pm, Tuesday, June % For Vir,
gllnia, winds generally easterly, slight
changes In temperature.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29
TOBACCO MARKETS.
Tho statn. of the western Trade.

Western leaf tobacco plays such an
important part in our own market that
10 can be only of deep interest TO note
more frequently the status Of Western
markets. few years back manu-.
ircilrcr who used Buriey leaf in plug
~as constrained to keep it secret ;
while to-day, Burleys openly rival our
own illlcrs and the only reason not more
are sold is because of limited offerings
and higher prices In this connection
% is well % note that the more perfect
statistics of Western tobacco markets
renders comparisons more easy. Our
Virginia markets are not so well advanced
in this line
THE WESTERN CROP.
Messrs W g. Meier & Co.'S report in
January 1855. estimates the crop in the
Buricy districts al $1,000 hogsheaLs
dark dis'rics at 10000 hOgsheads which
makes thc total crop of Kentucky 20j,-
900 h0gshcads for The year 1886
ln Indiana and Illinois respectively
10000 and 1900 hOgsheads are excluded
in thc above aggregate, but these States
arc estimated at only 20to % per cent. Of a
crop This year The most careful esii-
mates compiled mp TO this date, as reck-
oncd at au outside calculation, places the
growing crop of Burley tobacco at go per
cent which gives 10000 hogsheads OF
Burlcy- against 5000 last year
The Kentucky and Tennessee dark
crop is less than half crop, or equal to
$1,000 hOg,heads against 10000 hogs
heads last year This gives 10000 hogs
head as an outside estimate Of The grow
ing crop and an uniayOrable outlook rs
t0 thc growth The consumption of this
country and Canada alone leaving out
export demand. takes 100000 hOgshcads
of Burlcys $50 That with am increasing de
mand thc probable falling of will be 30,
600 toG 10000 ogshcads of Burley tobacco,
ui there !, little wonder at heavy adj
ymcDs in Western leaf. which must soon
he followed hv corresponding grades Of
Virginia tobacco in our own markets.
There +. marked activity i'm our mar
hct in which more or less all grades seem
to participate. but as yet speculation has
barely begun and should the West have
poo good rain for two weeks longer there
will be- boom indeed However. Judges
Wh0 have been over the ground say rain
niII make hut little difference i'm the above
estimates Common to good bright fill
rr- 1904. boo strong demand to-day, and all
dark Shipping is more active
W +. DBRKIL.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29
Review In Phmni. Park.

DUBLIN, June 2S-Prince Albert Victor
reviewed the troops in PhGnix Park and
afterward reviewed the marines. He
held a reception later in the day, which
was attended by all classes
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29
4 Rare Thing.

The Ladies Kid Button (hand-sewedl
only g every one sells them at 81, are
selling rapidly and giving the best OF sat
isfaction. Every pair warranted Bank
rupt Shoe Sale, 1909 Main street, opposite
the POstOflice.
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Ladies Patent Leather oxford ties
$50. hand-scwed, sold the world over at
8. is only one of the many bargains
offered by the Bankrupt Shoe Sale, oppo-
site the pOstOilicef
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August Lcineweber, who does business
,s % lOcksmith at 2ll North Sixth street,
ut lives i'm llenrico, was arrested and
ocked up In the jail Of that county yester-
las ON the charge of beating his daughter
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Thermometer Yesterday.

At Spence, TyIee Il Co.'S shoe house,
sl5 East Broad street, the thermometer
registered at 9 am, 500; ~ m, $50 3 p.
NJ. SO. pm, 100.
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DI. Malshf. EeuIaI

DUBLIN, June 28.-The Rev. DIR. Walsh.
Archbishop OF Dublin, denies the pub
lished statement that he opposed the visit
OF either Mgr Persico or Mgr Guadli to
roland
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Pure Old French Brandy and Sherry
Wine. r. sale By
tHAMBERLAYNE X CO..
~ and l. south Thirteenth street
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Sara Bsrnhardt.

QuEESr0wS, June 2s.-Mme. Sara
Bernhardt arrived here to-day on board
the steamship City of Richmond She Is
in the best Of health and spirits.
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Marriage of Mr. MeiseI and Mis-. Ko,.Iou

The First English Lutheran church was
well filled yesterday evening at ) o'clock.
The occasion was the marriage Of Mr.
Phillip Meisel, Jr, 10 Miss Marie Koss-
low Rev. Mr.. SchaeiIer ofllciated, and
the ceremony was according TO the beau
tiful ritual of the Lutheran church.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29

Wilder Gibson, sentenced Ito the Peni-
tentiary by Amelia County Court for two
years for ousebreaking was received
yesterday
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29

Rev. 5. c. Clopton preached at Free
nason-street Baptist church Sunday
morning and night.
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Subscribe 10 the DAILY Record" by sending
postal card to Box 2l3 city. Fifty cents per
month.
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Choice Sacred Music-A Large. Brilliant,
and Enjoyable Mozart Musicale - The
Christian Sabbath schools, and Many
Miscellaneous Matters.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-18
works there being completed as far as
seems desirable at pre sent.

seems desirable at present.
Al Dardanelle 800 feet Of the psr.
Teable dixie wss corpleted in June
and work suspended to wait results.
The object being TO cut the bar away
from the whsrves II is thought hes,
to stop considerably short OF the prob.
able length Of dixie rsquited lest the
current be thrown too hard against
the wharves One or two rises will
then show what more will be required
TO produce the desired effects.
Under the general heading TIE first
few days in June were occupied In
collecting plant and material. On
June 9th party was put into the field
10 cut brush and poles, and from 70 at
time until the close OF the mouth the
gradual development OF the work was
made until a well organized and
equipped force had nearly completed
the fret foot mat, $50 feet long by 80
feet wide
During July the first dixie will be
completed, the second begun and car.
ried forward smultaneo with the
fret one. The locality for the next
dikes will be determined by sound
ingc, material collected and work be.
gun should the first named dikes be
completed.
A carefully selected force, contain.
ing many OF the best men employed
10 this district, Ia now ready for work !;
the river Is at an excellent stage for
work, and likely to remain so, and
unless the hot weather should prove
more than usually unht althy ex.
cellent progress may be looked for.
Provisions have been made in the
subsistence for the next three months,
looking toward the preservation Of the
health OF the force. A contingent OF
acclimated colored men has been put
into the field for cutting brush and
poles, this being the most trying work
during the hot weather. As q matter
OF economy, as well as to place the
works as far removed ss possible from
the effects of sickness, q circular saw
has been purchased, and will be oper.
ated by one OF the boilers and engines
belonging to the appropriation, for
cutting the lumber into suitable
lengths for boxes.
Work under the title Of removing
obs,ructions In Arkansas river, Ark |,
and Kansas, has been confaed to
caring for the property, and during a
portion Of the month the draughts-
man was epg,ged completing the
maps Of the river from Wichita, Kss.,
to Little Rock. Nothing else was a..
tempted for lack Of funds, and during
July nothing more will be done unless
II Is to have some Of tie maps above
referred 10 Autographed. KLAsp.
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Pi,s.bsrx-sis fatalities.

PITuBURo, Pa, July IL. This w1
the hotties, and, a. the same time,
dryest Sunday ever known here.
Through the efforts Of the Law and
Order Society every saloon Ia the city
was closed tight. The cigar stores,
coniectioneries, Ice cream saloons and
soda water fountains were also closed,
and, as q result, the Intense heat
created more tran the ubual amount
OF suffering. For several hours today
the thermometer registered lO.' In
the shade, the highest point reached
for years. sir fatal cases OF sunttroke
aud inlly n score u prosirAtions we're
reported. A number Of eudden
dea,he also occurred, which may be-
attributed 10 ths torrld spell. This
afternoon, about O'Clock, the
dead bodice OF VIM. Corhgan and
40. Jennis were fund In their roo ooms,
In John Dolan's tavern, on Grant
street. The men were not addicted 10
excessive drinking, and the cauge Of
their death is thfoud d In mystery.
Rumors Of suicide and death from
poison we're circulated, but there was
no evidence 10 show that they had
taken their own lives, or had been vic.
Tins Of foul p'ay. A thorough inyes-
tigalion will be made.
Al the stock yards In Allegheny and
the East End the tu6Jring among the
animals was very great, but The death
rate vas no, larger than usual.
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EIeven Deaths,

81. Lous, Mo-, July i7.-This city
vi. visited With another day Of tor.
rid heat, and the suffering wm very
great The ho, spell sst In shortly
alter sanrise aud by noon the hoi air
was walled through the city by a
southwestern breeze, which though
quite strong, brought only heated air.
The thermomeler, street record, fegis.
tep l04' In the shade, and eleven
fatal cists Of sunsiroke, and hilesn
prostIations we're reported. OF these
the majority we're the result Of alco.
holism. The warm breeze continues
and tomorrow promises 10 be still
more oppressive.
Laiy. ut 10 almos, insufIerably ho,
here. Scarcely breath Of air Ia gtir.
ring. and the humidity Of the atmos-
pherc makes IL oppressive. Late re-
ports increass the number Of deaths
lr'm supstroke 10 ihiI,y.flye, and the
number Of prostratlons 10 forty. This
~ 10 continually being IL creased.